...it's silly, but I am thankful that the van is all fixed. Joshua took it in this morning and they said it was an easy fix and would cost $10. The back tires also needed to be replaced and the back wiper needed to be looked at (I don't think it is supposed to point straight down) so Joshua had them look at and...
For year end 2012, our family has only had one address, one W2, a 1099-misc, and no moving expenses. For year end 2013, hopefully that will remain the same. We will, thankfully, have another deduction to claim. Happy New Year, everyone!
Yesterday Benedict was running a fever, as was Caecilia. He even took himself upstairs for a nap yesterday afternoon. At some point last night, we had three of the four kids in our bed. Three of the four kids all running fevers. Joshua actually turned the ceiling fan on at some point because it was so hot in our...
Last weekend I was able to fly up to Iowa and visit with my uncle and aunt. My uncle is doing very well, he started Radiation yesterday, but the blizzard of 2013 has kept him away from his first Chemo treatment today. The visit was great, we sat around, talked, watch TV (I watched the Packers/Bears Football game and...
This is what I got to see this morning. I am in Chicago right now waiting for my flight to Des Moines. I am stupidly excited to be at O'hare and giggled when we flew over Lake Michigan. Home home home. I am a Midwesterner at heart. Okay home is Michigan but I'm so close I as might as well be.
I found this link with coloring pages of Our Lady! My girls are eating it up!
My Uncle Mike did go in for surgery on the 21st of November, to have his lung removed. The doctor ended up not removing the lung, saying the my uncle's heart would not have been able to handle the surgery. The good news is that the cancer has not spread at all, just in that one spot in his lung. They will begin a...
The table set for dinner. We brined then grilled our turkey this year. I will brine every turkey from here on out! 🙂 It was great. We also grilled our bird last year and loved it, no better way to cook it. Here is an up close of the bird. It looks a bit pale in the picture, but I promise it was nicely roasted. We...
From my Aunt Deb: My husbands surgeon called today and moved his surgery up to TOMORROW! Glad they didn't push it back! All prayers welcomed and appreciated!!! Mercy hospital here we come! Please pray for my Uncle Mike, tomorrow, if you are able. The surgery is at Noon, central time.
The past few weeks (basically with the time change) we've been really good about getting up with time for Joshua to enjoy breakfast with us and for him to get in a reading lesson with Margaret. It's really nice, actually, because he usually does that in the evening, and it takes up a lot of evening time, which goes...